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Theres evidence of that happening today at medical companies. [0][1] The way to do this while retaining trust is to gather data, release the methodology and da
by spacephysics 2y ago
Theres evidence of that happening today at medical companies. [0][1]
The way to do this while retaining trust is to gather data, release the methodology and data transparently, then have other labs reproduce the studies and see if they get the same results.
RFK and others have touted they will be aggressively transparent. In my opinion, lets let them do it and see if their words match their actions.
If it ends up being a connection, we should be able to reproduce with independent labs. If not, then proceed as normal.
Given the historical mistrust with pharmaceutical industries, investing resources in a study such as this is low on the “wasteful spending” list.
Worst case, its a scandal and we need to reevaluate how we handle vaccine testing. Best case it builds trust back in institutions.
Classic scientific method has been tainted by corporate interest.
[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02299-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02299-w
[1] https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/8940 https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/ar...
- fzeroracer 2y agoWhy? Why do we need to waste money on something that's already been researched and confirmed to death? And why would you trust someone to be aggressively transparent when the first thing they do when entering office is outright lie? This isn't a 'big pharma doesn't want YOU to know the truth' problem. There have been multiple and independent studies done into this topic across the globe. The people perpetuating the line of vaccines causing autism are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet with zero credentials and zero actual evidence backing it up.
- pbronez 2y agoYeah. If people are worried enough about something that they vote this hard about it, go ahead and do some more tests. Be super transparent. The real fight will be the communications about the results. Bend over backwards to explain everything extremely clearly. If RFK Jr oversees a milestone study that dramatically shows there is no vaccine/austism connection then maybe, just maybe, we can stop talking about it. Then again, flat earthers seem to lose faith in their experiments as soon as the results disagree with their preferred outcome…
- klipt 2y agoI'd be more worried the results are something like "1% chance of saving your life and 0.001% chance of exacerbating autism symptoms" and RFK focuses entirely on the latter as an excuse to ban vaccines. We know vaccines can have negative side effects, but a reasonable person weighs those against the (larger) benefits. I don't think the current regime is very reasonable though.
- watwut 2y ago> RFK and others have touted they will be aggressively transparent. In my opinion, lets let them do it and see if their words match their actions. They gave literal orders to stop reporting for CDC, so no, their actions do not match those words.